Incident investigation·October 27, 2025

Page 1 of 2 Licensing Program Analyst (LPA), Mahnaz (Nancy) Malek conducted an onsite case management inspection for the purpose of checking into an incident that the facility self reported to our office on 10/20/2025. LPA met with director, Anna Puliyanda. LPA took census. There were a total of 22 preschool children with 3 staff in three different classrooms. The teacher child ratio was as below: one staff with 15 napping children in Room 1, one staff wit 2 napping children in Room 2, and one staff with 5 awake children in Room 3. According to the self reported incident , 3 year old child sustained a cut on the chin that required 5 stiches while playing outside on the double bike on the passenger side. A review of the Facility Personnel Report Summary on this date indicates all facility staff or other individuals who require caregiver background checks have received criminal record and child abuse index clearances or exemptions. Today LPA interviewed the director, staff # 1 and staff # 2 who had knowledge regarding the incident. Staff # 1 (S1) stated S1 was on the playground with S2 supervising 15 preschool children. S1 stated they were few feet away when the incident happened. S1 was aware of their surroundings and observed two children were riding a double bike on the playground. The double bike has a rider and a passenger seat attached to it. Child # 1 (C1) was the passenger and C2 was riding the double bike near the bench area on the playground. When the bike flipped over, C1 fell, C1 got up and ran away towards the play house. S1 stated they followed C1 to check on them. S1 noticed a cut under the C1's chin. They applied a compress to stop the bleeding. C1's representative was informed. Continued on page 2 Page 2 of 2 S2 stated they were also close by when the incident happened. S2 believed the double bike hit the bench area when C2 was riding it. That is the time C1 lost balance and the bike flipped over. LPA requested to watch the video footage of the incident which happened on 10/20/2025 around 3:00 pm. LPA observed C2 was riding the double bike while C1 was sitting next to C2 in the passenger seat. It was not clear enough in the video footage the cause of C2 loosing balance that made C1 fell on the concrete when the bike flipped over. LPA did not observe any child pushing the double bike. LPA did not interview children due to their age being young to be qualified. LPA also checked the double bike with the passenger. LPA found that the bike was in good shape. According to S3 they stopped using the double bike riding after this incident to prevent accidents. Based on the interviews with the director, two staff who were present and close to children at the time of incident, and reviewing the video footage recorded by the outdoor cameras of the incident dated 10/20/2025, the incident was not fount out to be due to lack of staffs' supervision and it was an unfortunate accident. In the areas that were evaluated, no deficiency was observed of the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 12 on this inspection. A notice of site visit was given to director, Anna Puliyanda and must remain posted on, or immediately adjacent to, the interior side of the main door for 30 days. Failure to post will result in Civil Penalties of $100.00. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the director, Anna Puliyanda. End of report